The Association Française de Supply Chain, Club Demeter and Institut du Commerce (ASLOG) and the European technology platform to develop a comprehensive strategy for research, innovation and market deployment of logistics and supply chain management innovation in Europe (ALICE) will cooperate to collect data about urban logistics in the Engagement Volontaire pour une Logistique Efficiente (Evolue) initiative to optimise flows and generate a mutualisation of resources.
This initiative is led by the three major supply-chain associations in France and counts on the participation of shipping companies, carriers and cities. The data should provide information about the type of goods transported, journeys (time, origin, destination and route), volumes, weight, number of parcels, type of vehicles and the intensity of the emissions of the latter. This initiative will also contribute to the objective of having zero-emissions urban logistics by 2050. It is expected that pilots with cities will start in 2020.
The sharing of logistics data will benefit cities, the general public and retailers because deliveries will be better planned and, thus, the number of vehicles entering specific parts of the cities reduced. This will help reduce traffic congestion and increase the number of parcel deliveries at each vehicle stop. Furthermore, this will allow the environmental footprint of urban deliveries to be measured and reduced.